Donald Devine - Biography

Donald Devine is senior scholar at The Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C. He served as President Ronald Reagan’s civil service director during the president's first term in office. He is a columnist and author of eight books, including his most recent "America’s Way Back: Reclaiming Freedom, Tradition and Constitution."

Before and after his government service, Devine was an academic, teaching 14 years as associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland and for a decade as a professor of Western civilization at Bellevue University.

Devine served as an adviser to Reagan from 1976 to 1985, to Sen. Bob Dole from 1988-1996, and to Steve Forbes from 1998 to 2000. Today, Devine writes and travels the country teaching young people and speaking to groups about reviving the Constitution and what Reagan called the secret of its success: the way it harmonized freedom and tradition in its fragile balance called federalism.